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This timely, readable book raises hugely important questions about how people justify supporting tyrants. In Young's engaging narrative, what led British aristocrats, such as fascist fanatics Diana and Unity Mitford, to totalitarianism almost 100 years ago resonates with alarming trends we witness today. Attacks on democracy, from January 6th to Ukraine, make understanding authoritarianism most urgent; Hitler's Girl, sure to be controversial, contributes critical case histories to that essential conversation. -- <strong>Carla Kaplan, author of <em>Miss Anne in Harlem</em></strong>

This timely, readable book raises hugely important questions about how people justify supporting tyrants. In Young's engaging narrative, what led British aristocrats, such as fascist fanatics Diana and Unity Mitford, to totalitarianism almost 100 years ago resonates with alarming trends we witness today. Attacks on democracy, from January 6th to Ukraine, make understanding authoritarianism most urgent; Hitler's Girl, sure to be controversial, contributes critical case histories to that essential conversation. - Carla Kaplan, author of Miss Anne in Harlem A frank and timely exploration of a seminal era in modern history deserving of more attention. Young's engaging work shines a spotlight on this pivotal moment between the World Wars by bringing some of its most complicated personalities to the fore and thus reminding us that there is always more to discover, even when we think we know the whole story. - Catherine Grace Katz, author of The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans Confirms not only the danger British fascists posed to the nation but also the government's embarrassing, often inexplicable unwillingness to take steps against them. . . . A cautionary tale for today [when] Democratic institutions are fragile and many of the problems roiling the waters of the '30s are ascendant again. - Library Journal Defense analyst Young explores the pro-Nazi sentiments of 'an influential segment of [Britain's] elite' in this . . . intriguing history . . . The brisk narrative contains many shocking revelations. - Publishers Weekly

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Dr. Lauren Young is an American academic and Policy Consultant specializing in security and defense issues. Dr. Young has previously taught at the London School of Economics in the Department of International History where she won several university-wide teaching awards. She also advises on policy issues and attends World Economic Forum events at Davos, Geneva and New York City on behalf of her clients. Dr. Young has been a contributor to the LSE Book Review and reviews manuscripts for the UCLA Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence. Dr. Young has also worked at the US Department of State at the US Mission to the United Nations and the US Embassy in London as a Political Advisor on issues including Nuclear Non-Proliferation, International Peace and Security and Cyber Security. Dr. Young is a Trustee at the National Committee of American Foreign Policy and a Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, London. She sits on the Advisory Board of the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, the Yale Development Council and the Yale Parents Leadership Council. She holds a B.A. from Yale University, M.A. from The Courtauld Institute, London and MPhil/PhD from King's College, University of London.

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